Mariah Carey is facing a lawsuit from a former assistant who alleges the pop superstar owes her overtime payments.
Ylser Oliver, 49, claims she began working for Carey in March, 2007 and undertook jobs such as tidying the singer's New York home, answering phones, grocery shopping and packing suitcases, often working 16-hour days.
Oliver, who quit in June (14), alleges she often worked seven days a week without meal breaks or proper overtime pay, and she is now suing the star over claims she is owed time-and-a-half pay when working more than 40 hours a week, according to the New York Post.
Oliver's lawyer Matthew Blit tells the publication, "My client put her family's life on hold while tending to Mariah Carey's family, and Mariah repaid her by underpaying her... My client is a very hardworking woman who treated Mariah and her family like her own, working all hours of the day and night. Even celebrities are required to abide by the law."
Blit adds that his client is demanding a "significant amount of money".
Carey's spokeswoman Cindi Berger says, "I can't comment on anything that I'm not aware of and we haven't heard anything about this lawsuit."

Richard Gere and his estranged wife Carey Lowell gave one another the silent treatment on Thursday (23Oct14) as they came face-to-face in court for a private divorce hearing. The couple separated last year (13) and in June (14), former Bond girl and Law & Order regular Lowell quietly filed legal papers to officially end her 12-year marriage to the Pretty Woman star.
Gere and Lowell, who share a teenage son, showed up to Manhattan Supreme Court in New York just moments apart on Thursday, but refused to acknowledge each other as they arrived with their lawyers, according to the New York Post.
They were then ushered into Justice Matthew Cooper's private chambers to discuss the proceedings.
Lowell's divorce papers were given an 'anonymous' label at the time of filing after she requested the case be kept public.
The split marks Lowell's third failed marriage and Gere's second. He was previously wed to supermodel Cindy Crawford and more recently enjoyed a six-month romance with celebrity chef Padma Lakshmi, before reportedly parting ways earlier this month (Oct14).

Actress Carey Mulligan's culinary skills have improved dramatically since she joined the cast of West End play Skylight as she is required to cook on stage. The Great Gatsby actress stars alongside Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard in the revival of David Hare's 1995 play at London's Wyndham Theatre.
Mulligan plays a school teacher in the production and her role requires her to cook a meal live on stage as she discusses her relationship with a former lover.
Director Stephen Daldry wasted no time in throwing Mulligan into preparation for her character and the British star's family are thrilled she is now able to make an edible meal.
She tells Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, "It's so hard! What's really good is that Stephen's so no-nonsense, so I've been cooking since the second day of rehearsals. We started acting the play out in the afternoon of the first day. With most rehearsal periods, you spend the first week sitting around talking about your feelings. We just got into it, just started chopping onions. I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited."

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Even though director Spike Jonze missed out on scoring a nomination for directing for his futuristic love story Her, he does have the distinction of being connected to three films going up for Oscars this year. So, what other actors and filmmakers took part in multiple Academy Award nominated films this year?
Louis C.K.: Blue Jasmine, American HustleThe hapless FBI supervisor with a story about ice fishing in American Hustle, and an adulterer in Blue Jasmine.
Kristen Wiig: Despicible Me 2, HerWiig played the other end of a phone sex hotline with very particular needs in Her, and Gru's new girlfriend in Despicable Me 2.
Matthew McConaughey: The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers ClubMcConaughey played Jordan Belfort's seedy stockbroker inspiration in The Wolf of Wall Street, and the bigot turned aids crusader Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club.
Carey Mulligan: Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great GatsbyMulligan played the "beautiful little fool" Daisy from The Great Gatsby, and Llewyn Davis' Spurned ex-girlfriend in Inside Llewyn Davis.
Leo Dicaprio: The Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wall StreetDicaprio played the despicable cocaine hoover Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, and the dreaming and pining Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.
Tom Hanks: Captain Phillips, Saving Mr. BanksHanks played the Stalwart and powerfully empathetic Richard Phillips in Captain Phillips, and a smoke-free Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks.
Amy Adams: American Hustle, HerAdams played the British accent wielding con-man Sydney Prosser in American Hustle, and Theodore's bestie in Her.
George Clooney: August: Osage County, GravityClooney played the endlessly charming astronaut, Matt Kowalski in Gravity, and was a producer for August: Osage County.
Cate Blanchett: Blue Jasmine, The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugBlanchett played a wealthy socialite in free-fall in Blue Jasmine, and the mystical elf leader Galadriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Spike Jonze: Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaJonze produced and directed Her, co-wrote Bad Grandpa (surprisingly), and played a stockbroker in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Catherine Keener: The Croods, Captain Phillips, Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaKeener played a protective cave-mother in The Croods, Richard Phillip's wife in Captain Phillips, and apparently, she was in Bad Grandpa.
Benedict Cumberbatch: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, August: Osage County, Star Trek Into Darkness, 12 Years a SlaveThe winner with four Oscar-nominated credits to his name this year is Benedict Cumberbatch. The actor played a dragon with a hoarding problem in The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug, KHAAAAAAN! in Star Trek Into Darkness, and the bungling "Little Charles" Aiken in August: Osage County, and the least evil slave owner in 12 Years A Slave.
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Mariah Carey's ex-husband Tommy Mottola has renewed his wedding vows with his second wife, Mexican star Thalia. The record executive and the singer/actress walked down the aisle for a second time in a private ceremony in New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Monday (02Dec13).
It came exactly 13 years since they exchanged vows for the first time in the same church.
Their two children, Sabrina and Matthew, were also present at the nuptials.
However, the renewal was a more refined affair than in 2000 - the pair shut down Fifth Avenue for their wedding day in anticipation for the arrival of superstar guests Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Lopez.
It's set to be a busy week for Thalia as she will be honoured with the 2,514th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday (05Dec13).
Mottola was married to Carey for five years in the 1990s. She is now wed to TV star Nick Cannon.

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When we last left our heroes, they had conquered all opponents in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, returned home to their newly refurbished living quarters in District 12, and fallen haplessly to the cannibalism of PTSD. And now we're back! Hitching our wagons once again to laconic Katniss Everdeen and her sweet-natured, just-for-the-camera boyfriend Peeta Mellark as they gear up for a second go at the Capitol's killing fields.
But hold your horses — there's a good hour and a half before we step back into the arena. However, the time spent with Katniss and Peeta before the announcement that they'll be competing again for the ceremonial Quarter Quell does not drag. In fact, it's got some of the film franchise's most interesting commentary about celebrity, reality television, and the media so far, well outweighing the merit of The Hunger Games' satire on the subject matter by having Katniss struggle with her responsibilities as Panem's idol. Does she abide by the command of status quo, delighting in the public's applause for her and keeping them complacently saturated with her smiles and curtsies? Or does Katniss hold three fingers high in opposition to the machine into which she has been thrown? It's a quarrel that the real Jennifer Lawrence would handle with a castigation of the media and a joke about sandwiches, or something... but her stakes are, admittedly, much lower. Harvey Weinstein isn't threatening to kill her secret boyfriend.
Through this chapter, Katniss also grapples with a more personal warfare: her devotion to Gale (despite her inability to commit to the idea of love) and her family, her complicated, moralistic affection for Peeta, her remorse over losing Rue, and her agonizing desire to flee the eye of the public and the Capitol. Oftentimes, Katniss' depression and guilty conscience transcends the bounds of sappy. Her soap opera scenes with a soot-covered Gale really push the limits, saved if only by the undeniable grace and charisma of star Lawrence at every step along the way of this film. So it's sappy, but never too sappy.
In fact, Catching Fire is a masterpiece of pushing limits as far as they'll extend before the point of diminishing returns. Director Francis Lawrence maintains an ambiance that lends to emotional investment but never imposes too much realism as to drip into territories of grit. All of Catching Fire lives in a dreamlike state, a stark contrast to Hunger Games' guttural, grimacing quality that robbed it of the life force Suzanne Collins pumped into her first novel.
Once we get to the thunderdome, our engines are effectively revved for the "fun part." Katniss, Peeta, and their array of allies and enemies traverse a nightmare course that seems perfectly suited for a videogame spin-off. At this point, we've spent just enough time with the secondary characters to grow a bit fond of them — deliberately obnoxious Finnick, jarringly provocative Johanna, offbeat geeks Beedee and Wiress — but not quite enough to dissolve the mystery surrounding any of them or their true intentions (which become more and more enigmatic as the film progresses). We only need adhere to Katniss and Peeta once tossed in the pit of doom that is the 75th Hunger Games arena, but finding real characters in the other tributes makes for a far more fun round of extreme manhunt.
But Catching Fire doesn't vie for anything particularly grand. It entertains and engages, having fun with and anchoring weight to its characters and circumstances, but stays within the expected confines of what a Hunger Games movie can be. It's a good one, but without shooting for succinctly interesting or surprising work with Katniss and her relationships or taking a stab at anything but the obvious in terms of sending up the militant tyrannical autocracy, it never even closes in on the possibility of being a great one.
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You never know exactly what you're going to get from a Joel and Ethan Coen film, but more often than not, it's unexpectedly sublime. They're masters of the craft, melding writing, performance, camera work, and soundtrack into one perfectly packaged storytelling experience. Their 2013 Cannes Film Festival debut Inside Llewyn Davis is no exception.
The film time travels back to 1961 New York City, when folk music was emerging as a favorite of youth culture. Every frame of Llewyn Davis feels authentic — forget 3D, when the titular character walks the streets of the Coens' recreated Lower East Side — it feels like you could reach out and touch it. Add on amazing performances and a wry script and you have another modern classic in the making.
Like their 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the Coens' recruited T-Bone Burnett to curate their selection of folk cover songs. Everyone cast has their moment in the sun, including leading man Oscar Issac, and costars Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver. As the soulful music fills the screen, the Coens compliment it with blooming light and a grit that today only exists in memories of New York.
For a taste of what's in store for the Dec. 20, 2013 release, here's a few of the numbers that made the final cut of the film. Imagine them with the musical stylings of the above ensemble and you get an idea of why we're swooning over Inside Llewyn Davis.
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The 2013 Cannes Film Festival — the world's premiere fest for stars, world debuts, and Oscar buzz — is now in full swing and Hollywood.com is on the ground to catch a glimpse of the the movie world's vacation to the French Riviera. With famous faces like Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Watson, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Gosling, and new films by maestros like The Coen Bros., Nicolas Windig Refn (Drive), Sofia Coppola, and Alexander Payne (The Descendents), Cannes is a packed house of A-Lister talent (see the full list of prestigious films here). Ready to dive in?
We'll be updating live from the Cannes for the next two weeks. Follow along as the reactions and reviews come flickering off the projection screen:
RYAN GOSLING HAS ONLY 17 LINES IN 'ONLY GOD FORGIVES' Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn keeps his star contemplative but dangerous, while Kristen Scott Thomas is an absolute riot.
CANNES FASHION: SEE THE LOOKS! Stars from Isla Fisher to Nicole Kidman and Leonardo DiCaprio show off the latest looks on the red carpet.
'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA' IS TAME DESPITE MATT DAMON Steven Soderbergh's last hurrah is HBO's Liberace biopic, a straightforward affair offering amazing performances by Damon and Douglas.
'SHIELD OF STRAW' IS MARK WALHBERG STYLE ACTION FLICK... ... without Mark Wahlberg. The Audition director debuts a new crime thriller at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, in the vein of every Wahlberg movie ever. The only thing missing is Wahlberg himself.
THE 'HELI' MOMENT THAT IS JUST WAITING TO GO VIRAL Amat Escalante's Mexican drama Heli is hyper-violent and stunningly beautiful. We predict one scene could blow up on the Internet.
REVIEW: ALEC BALDWIN'S 'SEDUCED AND ABANDONED' Baldwin teams with director James Toback to pull back the curtain on the Cannes Film Festival, Hollywood, and the hardships of movie making.
HEAR THE SONGS IN THE 'INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS' SOUNDTRACK The Coen Bros. recruit Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, and Oscar Issac to cover classic '60s folk songs in their Cannes Film Festival debut — here are a few of them.
'THE PAST' ALREADY BOASTS BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2013Asghar Farhadi's Paris-set Le passe recruits Academy Award-nominated actress Berenice Bejo for a heartpounding family drama.
ROBIN WRIGHT IN 'THE CONGRESS' PREDICTS YOUR DEMISEWaltz with Bashir director Ari Folman delights with his latest film starring Robin Wright, The Congress.
WHY DO WE STILL CRUSH ON LEO DICAPRIO LIKE IT'S 1997? Leonardo DiCaprio wins hearts in this month's The Great Gatsby, but there's a part of us that still swoons they way we did when we saw Titanic.
WHAT CAN '50 SHADES' LEARN FROM 'YOUNG &amp; BEAUTIFUL'? Swimming Pool director Francois Ozon returns to Cannes with Jeune et Jolie, an erotic coming of age story starring model-turned-actress Marine Vacth.
REAL JEWEL HEIST AS 'BLING RING' PREMIERED AT CANNESPolice say that thieves robbed $1 million worth of jewels out of a Chopard employee's hotel room. These jewels were meant to be worn by celebs.
EMMA WATSON IS HILARIOUS IN 'THE BLING RING' Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola goes after gossip culture with a ripped-from-the-headlines story of teenagers stealing from Paris Hilton.
'GATSBY' OPENS CANNES: REVIEWBaz Luhrmann's latest is full of color and Jay-Z curated tracks, but it falls flat in comparison to DiCaprio's Gatsby and Carey Mulligan's jazz age ingenue.
EMMA WATSON GOES BAD IN FIRST 'BLING RING' TRAILER Sofia Coppola's newest film about the true events surrounding several celebrity robberies
BIG SUNDANCE WINNER HEADS TO CANNESFruitvale lives up to award hype thanks to Michael B. Jordan's stunning performance.
6 REASONS 'LLEWYN DAVIS' IS QUINTESSENTIAL COEN BROS.How does the Coen Bros. collaboration with Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, and Oscar Isaac compare to their other beloved films?
RYAN GOSLING GETS HIS A** KICKED IN NEW TRAILERIf you enjoyed Drive but wished it had more eastern influence, look no further than Only God Forgives, the latest team-up between Gosling and Drive helmer Nicolas Winding Refn.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan — for his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's revered novel The Great Gatsby, director Baz Luhrmann recruited Hollywood's top talent. The star-lit casting fits the material, and Luhrmann's specific interpretation. His Gatsby is drunk on gimlets and glamour, embracing Fitzgerald's description of a "kaleidoscopic circus" and peppering it with the current faces of A-listers.
Mostly.
Elizabeth Debicki is an unknown here in the States and a rising star in her home country of Australia. When it came to casting Gatsby's elegant, wry, professional golfer Jordan Baker, Luhrmann deviated from the recognizable talent pool to to give Debicki a breakout role. Straight out of the Victorian College of Arts, Debicki was handpicked by Luhrmann, won over by her chemistry with Tobey Maguire. Luhrmann revealed his choice for Jordan Baker on his website in early 2011:
"It was a surprising result, but Elizabeth's grasp of the material and her chemical connectivity to Tobey Maguire, in addition to her striking, athletic appearance, had us in a place where we were fully confident and ready to take the leap of giving the role of Jordan Baker to what, I guess, people would term 'a discovery.' We are thrilled. As each role in Gatsby is cast, we seek, in the most dramatic way, to clarify each of Fitzgerald's characters, one against the other."
In an interview with The Australian, Debicki describes the whirlwind experience of being invited to the lavish party that is a Baz Luhrmann production. What started as a casual submission of a casting tape became the call of a lifetime. "That whole audition was one of the strangest experiences of my life," she explains. "I'd never been to L.A. before, it was like a crazy whirlwind — I got on a plane and then I was in LA, the sun was shining and I did this crazy audition and came home. Within five days it had all occurred, and I lost a day somewhere in between. Then Baz called me on a tea break in rehearsals and it was a very, very weird moment. You imagine you would react a certain way, like, 'That's wonderful' and you'd be very graceful, like in a Hollywood movie, but it wasn't like that at all. I don't remember saying anything remotely intelligent. I said something like, 'Are you serious?' but I said it quite a lot. He kept saying 'Yes' and then I thought I probably shouldn't ask him again in case he thinks twice."
Debicki comes from a family of dancers, having moved from Paris to Australia when she was five years old. Her diet as a kid was purely golden-era Hollywood films, the type of big screen song numbers that inform Luhrmann's Gatsby. The upbringing helped when it came to the role — although she tells Vanity Fair that doing the Charleston ain't easy. "The first time I did it I was absolutely wiped. Maybe in the 20s they were skinnier and had less body to throw around? I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a whole new trend of Charleston classes at the gym, instead of, like, pole dancing," she says.
Having just begun her career, Debicki is one of the few young stars without a turbulent past or dirt to be dug up. It's a bright future, one we see a glimpse of when she spars alongside Maguire and DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby. But as she tells Interview Magazine, "stardom" isn't really one of her goals when making the jump to Hollywood. "It doesn't really appeal to me very much. When I went to school, it was all very idealistic. It was all just about making art and making theater. When I did my first film, I was like, ‘Oh my god. Is this actually a job? 'Cause this is what I would like to do for pleasure.'"
Debicki simply wants great parts. Now that we've been introduced to her in Gatsby, we want the same thing for her.
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